What's On Tonight

By KATHRYN SHATTUCK

Published: November 12, 2007

9 P.M. (2) BILLY CRYSTAL: THE KENNEDY CENTERMARK TWAIN PRIZE Following in the footsteps of Richard Pryor, Steve Martin and Neil Simon, Mr. Crystal, left, has been named the 10th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and baby, it feels mah-velous. Taped on Oct. 11 in Washington, this 90-minute special features clips of classic moments from Mr. Crystal's career as well as tributes and toasts, and a few roasts, from friends and colleagues including Robert De Niro, Danny DeVito, Whoopi Goldberg, John Goodman, Jon Lovitz, Rob Reiner, Martin Short, Barbara Walters and Robin Williams. Mr. Crystal said, ''As my grandfather said, if you hang around the store long enough, once in a while they'll give you something.''

6:30 P.M. (SportsNet New York) METS HOT STOVE This show begins a new season with the third baseman David Wright joining Ron Darling and Kevin Burkhardt to discuss the Mets and their National League rivals.

8 P.M. (History) MODERN MARVELS: ENVIRONMENTAL TECH II A look at innovations to fight global warming, including giant solar-energy towers, a rooftop wind turbine and a curious process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere by dumping iron in the ocean.

8 P.M. (Fox) PRISON BREAK Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) has four days to get Whistler out of Sona, but Susan (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) decides to handle things her way. That leaves Michael (Wentworth Miller, right, at bottom, with Chris Vance) dangling.

8 P.M. (Nickelodeon) ATLANTIS SQUAREPANTIS When SpongeBob finds the missing half of an ancient medallion and reunites it with its partner in the Bikini Bottom Museum, the gang suddenly finds itself in a magical van whose destination is the lost city of Atlantis, home to the oldest living bubble. But even paradise isn't perfect. David Bowie lends his voice to Atlantis's king, Lord Royal Highness. At 8:45, ''Behind the Pantis: How We Made Atlantic SquarePantis'' looks at the movie's evolution from story pitch and animation to voice-recording sessions.

8 P.M. (Sundance) RETURN TO THE BORDER Zhao Liang, a Chinese filmmaker, grew up in Dandong, near the border with North Korea. In this documentary, he reminisces about the close relationship between the countries during his youth and takes a covert tour inside North Korea.

9 P.M. (NBC) HEROES Get ready for some answers when the clock turns back four months.

9 P.M. (IFC) DARKON A group of live-action gamers become ''warrior knights'' during fantasy role playing on a Baltimore battleground that is reimagined as a medieval world.

10 P.M. (Court) MURDER BY THE BOOK David Baldacci, the author of ''Absolute Power,'' ''Simple Genius'' and the newly released ''Stone Cold,'' immerses himself in the case of Carl Derek Cooper, a career criminal who shot three night-shift employees at a Starbucks in the Georgetown section of Washington in July 1997. KATHRYN SHATTUCK